Study Guide

Objectives (course unit)

The core competence fields of teachers’ work are assessment competence, cultural competence, teaching and facilitation competence, partnership competence and wellbeing competence. They form a framework for all competence objectives.

Students
- know Finnish adult and professional education environments and their pedagogical foundations (eg competence-based, individual and ubiquitous learning)
- identify human growth and development phases in childhood and adulthood and their role in education and career development
- use workplace learning in a diverse manner as a key part of continuous learning and participate in discussions to map field-specific competence needs in working life
- identify development phases of professional identity and support/facilitate building of professional identity according to their job description
- use research and development information in their work.

Content (course unit)

In teachers’ work it is important to understand how education and teaching are connected to working life, continuous learning and diverse identities. Teachers work as individuals, members of the work community, researchers, developers and social actors. The course is a part of the educational science studies.

Key questions:
What are adult and professional education and learning in different operating environments? What kind of learning environment is work/workplace?
How does education policy affect the education system and working life?
What does competence mean and what is competence-based learning? What are competence-based practices at the interface of work and learning?
How are adolescents and adults considered individually in teaching and supervision?
What are different identities and how do they develop? How is professional identity development supported in different operating environments? How is continuous learning supported?
What viewpoints do educational science research and different development projects give to teaching and facilitation?

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail